CVE-2017-14058 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting FFmpeg versions 2.4 and 3.3.3. An attacker can exploit a flaw in the HLS playlist parsing (read_data function in libavformat/hls.c) to trigger an infinite loop by providing a specially crafted, insufficient HLS list. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring user interaction, to achieve high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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